The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2090
First Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
1:53 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2070
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.94° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.20° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.